Lego Launches Functioning Sustainable Wind Turbine

Playing with Lego just got better for the environment. Lego has teamed up with Danish wind energy company Vestas to create the LEGO® Creator Expert 10268 Vestas Wind Turbine kit . Out of the vault with a #sustainable twist! 🍃🌿🍃 We’re a big fan! 💨 Read more about the set here: https://t.co/utrvnLv9by pic.twitter.com/rfmPRsLO0s — LEGO (@LEGO_Group) September 27, 2018 The tiny motorized wind turbine actually works! The detailed wind turbine stands 1 meter tall and is created from 826 pieces of white plastic manufactured in Lego’s new sustainable fashion. Source: Lego The turbine has three adjustable blades that rotate via a motor and come with built-in aircraft warning lights. The elegant turbine stands above a quaint rural scene including a house with furnished patio, mailbox, flowers and a white picket fence. Source: Lego Lego kit comes complete with technicians and a dog The big Lego set also includes a Vestas service vehicle and three mini-figures: two Vestas service technicians kitted out with safety helmets and a woman. There is also an adorable a dog figure. The kit was reportedly made exclusively for Vestas back in 2008 and will now go on sale to the public on November 23 . […]

Grant Brown is a passionate environmentalist, driven by a need to “leave it better than he found it”. This drive, combined with a capacity to understand power solutions of all types, helps him in his day job as VP Marketing at a start up clean technology company. His goal personally as well as professionally, is to help and inspire others to become a part of the green shift and to leave a positive legacy in the world.